GE is planning to set up two wind turbine service centres in Brazil as demand from the country’s rapidly expanding wind-energy sector grows.
The facilities will employ around 100 GE technicians and engineers in wind farms operated by Casa dos Vento at Chapada do Araripe, Ceara and Pernambuco states, and in Garanhuns, Pernambuco state. GE said the move “will enable the companies to strengthen their relationships and provide local response much faster for both scheduled and unscheduled service needs”.
GE and Casa dos Ventos have three wind farms with 530 megawatts of capacity under construction. GE has service centres in Bahia and Rio Grande do Norte, each employing 50 people. At present, there are more than 900 GE wind turbines in operation or being installed in Brazil.